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Laughing Death
• Raoul F. Whitfield:
  • On the Spot (ss) Black Mask Feb 1929
  • Out of the Sky (nv) Black Mask Mar 1929
  • The Pay-Off (ss) Black Mask Apr 1929
  • High Odds (nv) Black Mask May 1929
  • Within the Circle (ss) Black Mask Jun 1929
  • The Carnival Kill (ss) Black Mask Jul 1929
  • River Street Death (ss) Black Mask Aug 1929
  • The Squeeze (ss) Black Mask Sep 1929
  • Sal the Dude (ss) Black Mask Oct 1929

Laughing Kid
• T. Von Ziekursch:
  • The “Laughing Kid” Laughs Last (ss) Western Story Magazine Sep 8 1923
  • The Laughing Kid Earns a Horse (ss) Short Stories Dec 25 1923
  • The Laughing Kid (ss) Western Story Magazine Jan 26 1924
  • The Laughing Kid Pays for His Grub (ss) Western Story Magazine Mar 22 1924
  • Laughing Kid Is Outguessed (ss) Short Stories May 10 1924
  • A Question of Reputation (ss) Short Stories Jun 25 1924
  • The Laughing Kid Changes Mounts (ss) Short Stories Nov 10 1927

Laughing Outlaw, The
• Pat Haynes:
  • The Laughing Outlaw (sl) The Triumph May 25 1935

Laughter Stories
• Edward Burke:
  • Ocky’s White Mice (ss) The Sovereign Magazine Jan 1920
  • A Fresh Departure (ss) The Sovereign Magazine Feb 1920
  • Lancelot, an “Ee-wee-ee” (ss) The Sovereign Magazine Feb 1920

Laundry, The
• Charles Stross:
  • The Atrocity Archive (n.) Spectrum SF #7 2001, etc.
  • Pimpf (nv) Jim Baen’s Universe Jun 2006
  • Equoid (na) Tor.com Sep 24 2013

Lavendale, Ambrose
• E. Phillips Oppenheim:
  • The Man Who Could Have Ended the War (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Feb 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]
  • The Lost Formula (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Mar 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]
  • A Deal with Niko (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Apr 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]
  • Susceptible Mr. Kessner (ss) Hearst’s Magazine May 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]
  • The Machinations of Mr. Courlander (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jun 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]
  • The Indiscreet Traveler (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Jul 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]
  • The Undeniable Force (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Aug 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]
  • The Interrupted Revue (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Sep 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]
  • The Sentence of the Court (ss) Hearst’s Magazine Oct 1916 [Suzanne de Freyne]

Lavender, Jimmie
• Vincent Starrett:
  • Tale of the Three Suitors (nv) Wayside Tales and Cartoons Magazine Aug 1921
  • The Vanishing Uncle (ss) Wayside Tales and Cartoons Magazine Dec 1921
  • The Evil Eye (ss) Short Stories Jan 25 1922
  • The Dorrington Diamonds (ss) Short Stories Feb 10 1922
  • The South African Millionaire (ss) Short Stories May 25 1922
  • The Taggart Assignment (ss) Short Stories Aug 10 1922
  • The Wellington Binoculars (ss) Detective Tales Oct 1 1922
  • Two Hairs of Mystery (ss) Short Stories Nov 10 1922
  • The Substitute Parrot (ss) Short Stories Dec 25 1922
  • The Medicine Man (ss) Short Stories Jan 10 1923
  • The Living Mask (ss) Short Stories Apr 10 1923
  • The White Beaver (ss) Short Stories Nov 25 1923
  • The Ghost of the Picture (ss) Top-Notch Magazine Feb 15 1924
  • The Fugitive Statue (ss) Short Stories Apr 10 1924
  • The Perfect Crime (ss) Short Stories May 10 1924
  • The Mid-Watch Tragedy (ss) Short Stories Jun 10 1925
  • The Silver Croesus (nv) Top-Notch Magazine Sep 1 1925
  • Three Shots in the Rain (nv) Top-Notch Magazine Dec 1 1925
  • The Zulu Assegai (ss) The Blue Book Magazine Jan 1926
  • Back in Five Minutes (ss) Short Stories Mar 10 1926
  • The Friends of Basil Hastings (ss) Short Stories Apr 10 1926
  • The Corpus Delicti (ss) Short Stories Apr 25 1926
  • The Arm in the Doorway (ss) Short Stories May 10 1926
  • Out There in the Dark (ss) Short Stories Sep 10 1926
  • The Woman in Black (ss) Short Stories Dec 10 1926
  • The Murder on the Ace’s Trick (ss) Short Stories Jun 10 1927
  • The Incomplete Angler (ss) Short Stories Aug 10 1927
  • Persons Unknown (ss) Short Stories Feb 25 1928
  • Footsteps in the Dark (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Mar 1929
  • The Lame Duck (nv) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Nov 1930
  • The Raven’s Claw (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Feb 1931
  • The Clue of the Trembling Puppy (ss) Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories Mar 1931
  • The Phony Money Trail (nv) Amazing Detective Stories Apr 1931
  • The Note of the Cracked Bugle (nv) Short Stories Jul 10 1933
  • The Case of Abner Gunsmith (ss) Short Stories Aug 10 1933
  • The Phantom Flute Player (nv) Mystery Apr 1934; also as “The Case of the Two Flutes”.
  • The Body in the Ostrich Cage (ss) Mystery May 1934
  • The Lisping Man (nv) Mystery Nov 1934
  • Recipe for Murder (na) Redbook Magazine Nov 1934
  • The House That Vanished (ss) Mystery Jan 1935
  • Tragic Rhythm (ss) Mystery Feb 1935
  • Crazy Like a Fox (vi) Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Nov 1955
  • The Day of the Cripples (ss) The Saint Detective Magazine Oct 1956
  • A Corpse Named Miles (nv) Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Jun 1964

Lavery, Michael
• Edmund Snell:
  • The Sign of the Red Arab (na) The Thriller Sep 29 1934

Lavery, Speed
• George Bruce:
  • Black Wings (na) Aces Apr 1929
  • The Eagle’s Brother (na) Aces Spr 1937; not the same as the story of the same name in the December 1931 issue of Wings.

Lavon
• James Blish:
  • Surface Tension (nv) Galaxy Science Fiction Aug 1952
• Arthur Merlyn:
  • Sunken Universe (ss) Super Science Stories May 1942

law-clerk
• Anonymous:
  • Edward Drysdale. A Leaf from the Diary of a Law-Clerk (ss) Eliza Cook’s Journal Mar 20 1852 [Mr. Prince]
  • A Dark Chapter from the Diary of a Law Clerk (ss) Eliza Cook’s Journal Jul 24 1852 [Mr. Prince]
  • Leaves from the Diary of a Law-Clerk: The Temptress (ss) Eliza Cook’s Journal Dec 3 1853; also as “The Temptress”.

Lawless, Lt.
• W. Marten:
  • For the Safety of the Czar (ss) The Cavalier Dec 6 1913
  • Baiting the Buccaneer (ss) The Cavalier Dec 13 1913
  • In the President’s Name (ss) The Cavalier Dec 20 1913
  • The Purloined Papers (ss) The Cavalier Dec 27 1913
  • The Sunken Mines (ss) The Cavalier Jan 3 1914
  • When the Lighthouse Failed (ss) The Cavalier Jan 10 1914

Lawrence, Ariel
• Andrea Smith:
  • Elected to Die (ss) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Fll 1998

Lawrence, Dr. C. G.
• Daniel McGachey:
  • Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling (nv) The Ghosts & Scholars M.R. James Newsletter Oct 2017

Lawrence, Frank
• Hal Wilton:
  • Shanghai Soo (sl) The Triumph Jul 29 1933, etc.

Lawrence, Hon. Gerry
• Maurice B. Dix:
  • In League with Murder (na) The Thriller Feb 22 1936

Lawrenceville
• Owen Johnson:
  • Prima Donna (ss) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 11 1934

Lawson, Bill
• Louis Lacy Stevenson:
  • High Polish (ss) Flynn’s Sep 27 1924
  • Two Bullets (ss) Flynn’s Oct 11 1924
  • Bare Hands (ss) Flynn’s Oct 25 1924
  • Gold Front (ss) Flynn’s Nov 15 1924
  • Cold Storage (ss) Flynn’s Jan 24 1925
  • Button, Button (ss) Flynn’s Feb 28 1925
  • Beating the Clock (nv) Flynn’s May 16 1925
  • Three Times and— (ss) Flynn’s Jun 13 1925
  • One or the Other (ss) Flynn’s Dec 19 1925
  • Lawson’s Tip Off (ss) Flynn’s Feb 27 1926
  • Aces Down (ss) Flynn’s Apr 24 1926
  • Nora (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Jun 5 1926
  • Blond Hair (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Aug 14 1926
  • The Square Emerald (nv) Flynn’s Weekly Mar 5 1927
  • The Hell Cat (ss) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Aug 27 1927
  • Green Eyes (sl) Flynn’s Weekly Detective Fiction Dec 17 1927, etc.
  • Cupid-Hard Boiled (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jan 5 1929
  • The Golden Web (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 9 1929
  • A Girl in Red (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Mar 16 1929
  • The Riddle of the Locked House (ss) Detective Fiction Weekly Jul 6 1929
  • Before-Midnight (nv) Detective Fiction Weekly Dec 14 1929

Lawson, Lanky
• Douglas Dundee:
  • Mick’s Mechanical Camel (ss) The Triumph Dec 7 1935, etc. [Mick Hogan]

Lawson, William “Kingsley”
• E. S. Dellinger:
  • Washout (ss) Railroad Stories Sep 1932
  • Mixed Orders (ss) Railroad Stories Oct 1932
  • Boomer Trails (ss) Railroad Stories Nov 1932
  • Landslide (ss) Railroad Stories Dec 1932
  • Snowed In (ss) Railroad Stories Jan 1933
  • Rattlesnake Mountain (nv) Railroad Stories Dec 1933

Laxworthy, John T.
• E. Phillips Oppenheim:
  • The Secret of the “Magnifique” (nv) Nash’s Magazine Aug 1911
  • The Tragedy at the Flower Farm (ss) Nash’s Magazine Sep 1911
  • In the House of the Woman of Death (ss) Nash’s Magazine Oct 1911
  • The Villa de Cap Frinet (ss) Nash’s Magazine Nov 1911
  • The Vagaries of the Prince of Liguria (ss) Nash’s Magazine Dec 1911
  • Mystery House (ss) Nash’s Magazine Jan 1912
  • Rachael, the Woman of Death (ss) The Popular Magazine Jun 15 1912
  • The Adventure at the Villa De Cap Frinet (ss) The Popular Magazine Jul 1 1912
  • The Last of Stephen Lenfield (ss) The Popular Magazine Aug 1 1912
  • The Flowers of Death (ss) The Popular Magazine Aug 15 1912
  • The Deserted Hotel (ss) The Popular Magazine Sep 1 1912
  • The Stetson Affair (ss) The Popular Magazine Sep 15 1912
  • Mr. Greenlaw’s Forty Thousand Pounds (ss) The Popular Magazine Oct 1 1912
  • The Disappearance of Mr. Colshaw (ss) The Popular Magazine Oct 15 1912
  • The Debt Collector (ss) The Popular Magazine Nov 1 1912; also as “Mr. Laxworthy as Debt Collector”.
  • The Flower-Seller of the Café Décat (ss) The Story-teller Dec 1912
  • The Case of Mr. and Mrs. Stetson (ss) The Story-teller Feb 1913

Layard, Day
• Wallace Macfarlane:
  • Free Vacation (ss) Analog Oct 1967
  • Optimum Pass (ss) Analog Feb 1968

Lazarre
• Mary Hartwell Catherwood:
  • Lazarre, the Lost King (sl) Bowen-Merrill 1901

Lazarus, Mr.
• Paul Dellinger:
  • The Werewolf of West Point (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jul 1978
  • The Cliffhanger Sound (nv) Fantastic Jan 1980

Lazarus, Rina
• Faye Kellerman:
  • A Woman of Mystery (ss) Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Sum 1999 [Peter Decker]

LaZelle
• Nina Kiriki Hoffman:
  • LaZelle Family Christmas (ss) Tomorrow Dec 1993
  • Summer Camp Blues (ss) Talebones Spr 2002

Lazy Lucas
• Galen C. Colin:
  • Lazy Lucas (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Feb 15 1932
  • Trail of the Paint Hoss (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Mar 1 1932
  • Rusty Spurs (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Mar 15 1932
  • Murder at Pyrite (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine May 1 1932
  • Sheriff’s Boots (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Jun 1 1932
  • The V Bar Job (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Jul 15 1932
  • Buzzards of Maricopa Range (nv) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Magazine Aug 1 1932
  • Lazy Lucas Plays Solitaire (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Sep 15 1932
  • Lazy Lucas Misses a Watch (ss) Street & Smith’s Top-Notch Dec 1932

Lea, Levinson
• Edwin Bliss:
  • Ye-Nom (ss) Gunter’s Magazine Apr 1909
  • Shanghaied (ss) Gunter’s Magazine May 1909
  • The Bone-Throwers (ss) Gunter’s Magazine Jun 1909
  • Bankrupt (ss) Gunter’s Magazine Jul 1909
  • A Fiddle in Pawn (ss) Gunter’s Magazine Aug 1909
  • The Stampede (nv) Gunter’s Magazine Sep 1909
  • Home (ss) Gunter’s Magazine Dec 1909
  • A Lamb for a Shearing (ss) Gunter’s Magazine Jan 1910

Leach, Stormy
• Zella Mackintosh:
  • Stormy Digs In (ss) Clues Jun #1 1930
  • Stormy Plays the Fish (ss) Clues Jul #1 1930
  • Stormy Cleans Up (ss) Clues Aug #1 1930
  • Stormy’s Negative Clue (ss) Clues Sep #2 1930
  • Stormy Rocks the Boat (ss) Clues Oct #1 1930
  • Stormy’s Special Brew (ss) Clues Dec #1 1930

Leadbeater, Larry see under Bancroft, Todd

Leadflinger
• Stewart Sterling:
  • Dead Men Make Lousy Witnesses (nv) Gangland Detective Stories Nov 1939

Leading the Blind
• Sinclair Gluck:
  • Leading the Blind (ss) Ainslee’s Magazine May 1914
  • Somewhat Drastic Measures (ss) Ainslee’s Magazine Jun 1914
  • In Loco Parentis (ss) Ainslee’s Magazine Jul 1914
  • Initial Steps (ss) Ainslee’s Magazine Aug 1914

League of Avengers
• Warren J. Lawson:
  • The League of Avengers (ss) The Triumph Nov 5 1938, etc.

League of Crimson Dominoes
• Anonymous:
  • The League of the Crimson Dominoes (ss) The Buzzer Apr 9 1938
  • Double-Six Dexter Strike Again (ss) The Buzzer Apr 16 1938
  • The Living Statue (ss) The Buzzer Apr 23 1938
  • Hobo Town (ss) The Buzzer Apr 30 1938
  • The Tough-Luck Sheriff (ss) The Buzzer May 7 1938
  • The Claw of Haunted Mountain (ss) The Buzzer May 14 1938
  • The Kidnapped Schoolboy (ss) The Buzzer May 21 1938
  • The Stolen Boxer (ss) The Buzzer May 28 1938
  • Flaying the Gangsters (ss) The Buzzer Jun 4 1938

League of Seven
• Alan Gratz:
  • Hero of the Five Points (ss) Tor.com Aug 19 2014
  • Join, or Die (ss) Malaprop’s Bookstore 2014